Irish White Soda Bread (from Darina Allen)

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recipe by Rory Layden

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    285

A simple recipe from the legendary Irish chef and culinary teacher Darina Allen as covered on the Today with Sean O'Rourke RTE Radio show. My own addition is to add sugar and raisins or sultanas - it can be very tasty, eaten with jam.

Inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP38s55anpM

recipe updated 14 Oct. 2020

Ingredients

  • White flour icon
    White flour
    455 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 teaspoon
  • Baking soda icon
    Baking soda
    1 teaspoon
  • Buttermilk icon
    Buttermilk
    425 ml
  • Raisins icon
    Raisins
    100 g
  • Sugar icon
    Sugar
    50 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Loaf pan - 9 x 5 x 3"

Step preview

  1. Add dry ingredients to a clean large mixing bowl
  2. Add sugar to the large mixing bowl
  3. Add raisins to the large mixing bowl
  4. Add buttermilk to the large mixing bowl
  5. Mix in gradually until dough forms
  6. Add buttermilk to the large mixing bowl
  7. Add carefully
  8. Bake - approx 55 min, 230°C
  9. Transfer onto cooling rack until cool
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